{"id":105330,"date":"2021-01-23T23:51:28","date_gmt":"2021-01-23T23:51:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fin2me.com\/?p=105330"},"modified":"2021-01-23T23:51:28","modified_gmt":"2021-01-23T23:51:28","slug":"blackrock-to-add-bitcoin-as-eligible-investment-to-two-funds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fin2me.com\/markets\/blackrock-to-add-bitcoin-as-eligible-investment-to-two-funds\/","title":{"rendered":"BlackRock to add bitcoin as eligible investment to two funds"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Fox Business Flash top headlines for January 20<\/h2>\n<p>Fox Business Flash top headlines are here. Check out what&#8217;s clicking on FoxBusiness.com.\n<\/p>\n<p>BlackRock Inc is adding bitcoin futures as an eligible investment to two funds, a company filing showed, in a move to bring the world of cryptocurrency to its clients.<\/p>\n<p>Continue Reading Below<\/p>\n<p><strong>GET FOX BUSINESS ON THE GO BY CLICKING HERE<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The world&apos;s largest asset manager said it could use bitcoin derivatives for its funds BlackRock Strategic Income Opportunities and BlackRock Global Allocation Fund Inc.<\/p>\n<p>The funds will invest only in cash-settled bitcoin futures traded on commodity exchanges registered with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, the company said in a filing to the Securities and Exchange Commission on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<table>\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th class=\"ticker\">Ticker<\/th>\n<th class=\"security\">Security<\/th>\n<th class=\"last\">Last<\/th>\n<th class=\"change\">Change<\/th>\n<th class=\"percent\">Change %<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>BLK<\/td>\n<td>BLACKROCK INC.<\/td>\n<td>741.54<\/td>\n<td>+7.89<\/td>\n<td>+1.08%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span>Powered by<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>Chief Executive Officer Larry Fink had said at the Council of Foreign Relations in December that bitcoin is seeing big giant moves every day and could possibly evolve into a global market.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this month, Bitcoin, the world&apos;s most popular cryptocurrency, hit a record high of $40,000, rallying more than 900% from a low in March and having only just breached $20,000 in mid-December.<\/p>\n<p><strong>CLICK HERE TO READ MORE ON FOX BUSINESS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A BlackRock spokesperson declined to comment beyond the filings when contacted by Reuters.<\/p>\n<p>(Reporting by Radhika Anilkumar and Bhargav Acharya in Bengaluru; Editing by Arun Koyyur)<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxbusiness.com\/markets\/blackrock-to-add-bitcoin-as-eligible-investment-to-two-funds\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fox Business Flash top headlines for January 20 Fox Business Flash top headlines are here. 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